Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- A cyclist makes his way along the bike path atop the levee along River Road near downtown Baton Rouge as the sun sets behind him, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Church members enter quietly into a darkened Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for the annual Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Tasting glasses rest on a table at the Lock & Key Whiskey Bar July 23, 2015. The Women and Whiskey event at the bar is a combination of education and tasting. It aims to create a pressure-fee environment for trying something new, as well as to dismantle the historically masculine reputation of whiskey. ORG XMIT: BAT1407250031012466

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- A flock of rock pigeons come in for a chilly landing as they gather on the bank of City Park Lake, north of LSU, Thursday, Mar. 5, 2015, in Baton Rouge, La. Thursday temperatures reached a high around 39 with wind gusts up to 26mph. ORG XMIT: BAT1503051806072810

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Hidden by the high weeds, a pair of almost headless horses chow down in a pasture along River Road Feb. 11, 2015 near LSU's Tiger Stadium. ORG XMIT: BAT1502111312144028

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- LSU sophomore Nikki Martin takes advantage of a niche in the wall of Thomas Boyd Hall Jan. 26, 2015 to study and soak up the sunshine while taking advantage of the pleasant weather. Martin is from New Orleans majoring in International Trade and Finance. ORG XMIT: BAT1501261624303939

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Pine Grove, La.'s Orrin Cobb, 10, gets a little warmth on a chilly January day by resting against his Jersey dairy cow 'Bessie,' before showing her later Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 at the Livingston Parish 4-H/FFA show at the Livingston Parish Fairground. ORG XMIT: BAT1501231622501221

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Damien Cedotal, 16, works with Blue at Horses of Hope provides horse therapy Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Much of the work is about making a connection with the horse, and using that to build a foundation for understanding how an individual's behaviors affect others. ORG XMIT: BAT1501311821034354

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- A young reveler tosses beads during the Donaldsonville Head Start's Mardi Gras walking parade around the football field February 13, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1502131609043248

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Children skip rocks on the river before the Fourth of July fireworks display Friday, July 4, 2014. ORG XMIT: BAT1407042046176561

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- A mockingbird takes flight into the fog from atop a lamp post on the new State Capitol grounds as the return of warm moist weather made for a foggy downtown area, January 12, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1501121200590539

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Brenda Ogden, left, from Mandeville and Susan Schaefer, from Covington, show their respect and support during a candlelight vigil Sunday night in Hammond's Cate Square Park for the 11 servicemen who were killed when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Florida last week. Ogden has a son, Steven, in the LANG unit that lost soldiers last week and Schaefer has a daughter who is serving with the U.S. Marine Corps elsewhere. ORG XMIT: BAT1503152023091254

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Niki Gafford plays with her daughter, Abigail Gafford, 7, on equipment shaded by sun sails provided by the Lauren Savoy Olinde Foundation and BREC on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at the Perkins Road Community Park. The sails are designed to let a little sun peek in at spots as the sun moves across the sky. ORG XMIT: BAT1409231702485812

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Ed Mitchell blasts out of a sand bunker while playing a round at Howell Park Tuesday. Mitchell says he plays there 3-4 times a week. ORG XMIT: BAT1412161842100170

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Baton Rouge's Amyria Bennett, 7, dances through sprays of water at the splash pad at BREC's Greenwood Community Park during an outing Wednesday, April 1, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1504011716589684

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Church members enter quietly into a darkened Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for the annual Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Kenny Acosta & the Home Reckers perform during the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, Saturday, Apr. 11, 2015, at the Baton Rouge River Center. The festival was moved indoors due to inclement weather which brought rain into the metro are Saturday afternoon. ORG XMIT: BAT1504111619212109

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Tom Cox, from Oklahoma, takes a photo of the fog shrouded USS Kidd as everything else on the Mississippi River disappears into the fog as the return of warm moist weather made for a foggy downtown area January 12, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1501121201010540

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- A cyclist makes his way along the bike path atop the levee along River Road near downtown Baton Rouge as the sun sets behind him, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Church members enter quietly into a darkened Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for the annual Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Tasting glasses rest on a table at the Lock & Key Whiskey Bar July 23, 2015. The Women and Whiskey event at the bar is a combination of education and tasting. It aims to create a pressure-fee environment for trying something new, as well as to dismantle the historically masculine reputation of whiskey. ORG XMIT: BAT1407250031012466

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- A flock of rock pigeons come in for a chilly landing as they gather on the bank of City Park Lake, north of LSU, Thursday, Mar. 5, 2015, in Baton Rouge, La. Thursday temperatures reached a high around 39 with wind gusts up to 26mph. ORG XMIT: BAT1503051806072810

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Hidden by the high weeds, a pair of almost headless horses chow down in a pasture along River Road Feb. 11, 2015 near LSU's Tiger Stadium. ORG XMIT: BAT1502111312144028

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- LSU sophomore Nikki Martin takes advantage of a niche in the wall of Thomas Boyd Hall Jan. 26, 2015 to study and soak up the sunshine while taking advantage of the pleasant weather. Martin is from New Orleans majoring in International Trade and Finance. ORG XMIT: BAT1501261624303939

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Pine Grove, La.'s Orrin Cobb, 10, gets a little warmth on a chilly January day by resting against his Jersey dairy cow 'Bessie,' before showing her later Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 at the Livingston Parish 4-H/FFA show at the Livingston Parish Fairground. ORG XMIT: BAT1501231622501221

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Damien Cedotal, 16, works with Blue at Horses of Hope provides horse therapy Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Much of the work is about making a connection with the horse, and using that to build a foundation for understanding how an individual's behaviors affect others. ORG XMIT: BAT1501311821034354

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- A young reveler tosses beads during the Donaldsonville Head Start's Mardi Gras walking parade around the football field February 13, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1502131609043248

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Children skip rocks on the river before the Fourth of July fireworks display Friday, July 4, 2014. ORG XMIT: BAT1407042046176561

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- A mockingbird takes flight into the fog from atop a lamp post on the new State Capitol grounds as the return of warm moist weather made for a foggy downtown area, January 12, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1501121200590539

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Brenda Ogden, left, from Mandeville and Susan Schaefer, from Covington, show their respect and support during a candlelight vigil Sunday night in Hammond's Cate Square Park for the 11 servicemen who were killed when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Florida last week. Ogden has a son, Steven, in the LANG unit that lost soldiers last week and Schaefer has a daughter who is serving with the U.S. Marine Corps elsewhere. ORG XMIT: BAT1503152023091254

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Niki Gafford plays with her daughter, Abigail Gafford, 7, on equipment shaded by sun sails provided by the Lauren Savoy Olinde Foundation and BREC on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at the Perkins Road Community Park. The sails are designed to let a little sun peek in at spots as the sun moves across the sky. ORG XMIT: BAT1409231702485812

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Ed Mitchell blasts out of a sand bunker while playing a round at Howell Park Tuesday. Mitchell says he plays there 3-4 times a week. ORG XMIT: BAT1412161842100170

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Baton Rouge's Amyria Bennett, 7, dances through sprays of water at the splash pad at BREC's Greenwood Community Park during an outing Wednesday, April 1, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1504011716589684

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Church members enter quietly into a darkened Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church for the annual Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK -- Kenny Acosta & the Home Reckers perform during the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, Saturday, Apr. 11, 2015, at the Baton Rouge River Center. The festival was moved indoors due to inclement weather which brought rain into the metro are Saturday afternoon. ORG XMIT: BAT1504111619212109

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- Tom Cox, from Oklahoma, takes a photo of the fog shrouded USS Kidd as everything else on the Mississippi River disappears into the fog as the return of warm moist weather made for a foggy downtown area January 12, 2015. ORG XMIT: BAT1501121201010540

In a world over-saturated with high-def screens, Instagram filters and brightly-colored everything, the Advocate’s photography staff would like to explore rerouting our senses.

By removing the distraction of color, shape and form and even light itself become more apparent.

Join us weekly as we pay homage to photography’s purist form, and let’s all discover our city anew. Welcome to “Baton Rouge in Black and White.”